Ryan Specialty (RYAN) Competitors

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MFC or RYAN?

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MFC or RYAN?

Manulife Financial received 422 more outperform votes than Ryan Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 43.18% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 460 68.05%	Underperform Votes 216 31.95%
Ryan Specialty	Outperform Votes 38 43.18%	Underperform Votes 50 56.82%

Does the media refer more to MFC or RYAN?

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 6 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 9 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.98 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ryan Specialty	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend MFC or RYAN?

Manulife Financial presently has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.50%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus price target of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.68%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ryan Specialty	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Is MFC or RYAN more profitable?

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Ryan Specialty's net margin of 9.14%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.01% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manulife Financial	10.08%	15.98%	0.76%
Ryan Specialty	9.14%	48.01%	6.33%

Is MFC or RYAN a better dividend stock?

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Manulife Financial pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MFC or RYAN?

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial	$45.58B	1.16	$4.05B	$2.07	14.80
Ryan Specialty	$2.52B	6.81	$61.04M	$0.69	94.80

Which has more volatility and risk, MFC or RYAN?

Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.